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Meaning of bibliophilia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The love of books.
    uncountable
  2. Love for or fascination with the Bible.
    rare, uncountable
  3. A pathological attraction to books, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Bibliophilie
Ελληνικά βιβλιοφιλία
Suomi bibliofilia
Français bibliophilie
Polski bibliofilia bibliofilstwo
Português bibliofilia

Examples

“Perhaps his love⟳ for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

bibliophilically bibliophilism bibliophilist bibliophily bibliophobe bibliophobia

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